Letter to the Editor

Covid-19 relief and funding bill

By Steven P Clum, Montgomery
Posted 12/31/20

The recent 2.3 trillion COVID-19 relief and government funding bill is rife with partisan pork belly initiatives

Overwhelmingly, Democrats who systemically portray our republic as impervious to …

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Letter to the Editor

Covid-19 relief and funding bill

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The recent 2.3 trillion COVID-19 relief and government funding bill is rife with partisan pork belly initiatives

Overwhelmingly, Democrats who systemically portray our republic as impervious to any economic plight, spent money on luxurious grandstanding projects predicated on virtue signaling such as new museums, Palestinian economic aid, and gender programs in Pakistan, none of which will give the U.S. a monetary return of its investment.

Republicans, on the other hand, leveraged laws and projects designed to increase tax revenue and government solvency.

Among the items submitted by Republicans was a law, which makes unauthorized online streaming of copyright materials punishable by 5 years in prison for first offenders, and ten years for repeat offenses.

Acting as if on some sort of clandestine Chinese dole, President elect Biden has, for decades, made excuses for China, be it for their human rights violations, or their unrepentant violations of international patent, and or copyright laws. The latter infringements are responsible for billions of dollars in lost revenue here in the U.S. where most jobs are derived from the sanctity of intellectual property.

How was former VP Biden able to afford his many digs, including the opulent Dupont mansion? Perhaps some of his domestic Quid Pro Quo real estate deals were, in fact, “made in China?”

Another item highly regarded by Republicans was the allocation of an additional 1.4 billion towards construction of our southern border wall to bolster U.S. sovereignty while preserving jobs.

Conversely, Democrats allocated 15 billion toward live entertainment venues including Broadway.

“Art for art’s sake”...or unreason for unreason’s sake?